Chapter 27 Provincial City Market

  At this time, Xiao Ping's connections accumulated in the past finally came in handy. He contacted the other party according to the business cards he received, confirmed the type and quantity of vegetables they wanted, and planned to deliver them door-to-door with Zhou Jun's car.

  In recent months, Xiao Ping's vegetables have become very famous in Su City. Because his dishes are sold well whether they are raw or cooked, the green color is very pleasing to the eye, so they have the elegant name "Jade Vegetables". Many customers come to the hotel restaurant to eat and must order a dish of the magical "Jade Vegetables" to taste, no matter how expensive the price. If some high-end restaurants do not sell "Jade Vegetables", the chef will be embarrassed to greet people when they go out.

  So after receiving the call from Xiao Ping, the head chefs of those hotels were all very happy. They didn't even need Xiao Ping to deliver the goods, and they all expressed that they would come to pick up the goods themselves.

  In the next few days, the farm gate was crowded with cars and people. Various hotels and inns sent cars to queue up to buy vegetables. Many restaurants' head chefs came out in person, hoping to get close to Xiao Ping and buy more vegetables. Now many customers ask if there are jade vegetables as soon as they enter the door, and if not, they immediately turn around and leave. Restaurants that don't sell jade vegetables really can't afford it!

  Everyone can rest assured that the supply of vegetables this time is very large, and it can fully meet everyone's needs. So everyone lined up in an orderly manner, weighed, paid, and when leaving, they naturally wouldn't forget to remind Xiao Ping a few words, such as keeping in touch and so on.

  Xiao Ping welcomed all customers with a smile, after all, they were his clients. In the past two days, Xiao Ping had already sold several thousand kilograms of vegetables and made a considerable profit. Apart from continuing to invest in the farm, Xiao Ping decided to save the extra money. After all, he still needed to go to Yunnan with Mao Wenyi to gamble on stones after the New Year, and without funds, it was impossible.

  In the new village committee building of Xiao Zhou Village a few hundred meters away, Zhong Shengli watched the cars entering and exiting the farm gate, his small eyes gleaming with greed, and couldn't help but mutter to himself: "I didn't expect this kid's vegetable sales route to be so good, if I had known earlier, I should have charged more rent."

  A young man in his early twenties stood behind Zhong Shengli, with a few similarities between them, including a pair of puffy eyes and small eyes. However, there was a more sinister look on his face compared to Zhong Shengli. After hearing Zhong Shengli's words, he immediately became spirited, and his gaze flashed as he said: "Dad, what's difficult about this? I'll take some brothers with me tomorrow and make him spit it out."

  This young man was Zhong Yuanlong, the only son of Zhong Shengli. Relying on his father being the number one in Xiaozhou Village, he also regarded himself as the prince of the village. He usually liked to bully villagers and naturally didn't put Xiao Ping, an outsider, in his eyes.

  Although Zhong Shengli and his son are equally greedy, the old man has to be more cautious than the younger one. Upon hearing this, he immediately shook his head and said, "Don't rush, let's feel out his bottom line first. Anyway, this kid has already invested a lot of money in the farm, what's he going to run away with?"

  "Alright, have it your way." Zhong Yuandragon shrugged indifferently and said: "Tonight I'm having dinner with Old You from the police station, I won't be back."

  "Go on, it's important to get along with them." Zhong Shengli encouraged his son's behavior, but his eyes remained fixed on the farm.

  After all the people who came to buy vegetables at the door had left, Xiao Ping personally pushed a cart of vegetables to the Huayuan Hotel. He was a man who drank water and thought about its source, and he was very polite to Sun Lin, who first decided to buy his own vegetables, but still wanted to deliver them to his doorstep.

  Sun Lin had seen Xiao Ping's career take off, and as he saw his business grow bigger and bigger, his attitude towards himself hadn't changed. He appreciated the young man more and more. After Xiao Ping went to the finance department to get the money, Sun Lin took the initiative to find him and asked: "Xiao Xiao, I heard you planted a lot of vegetables, have they all been sold?"

  Xiao Ping smiled and said: "Not yet, there are probably still three mu of vegetables that haven't been harvested. But I think the market in Su City is basically saturated.

  The city of Suzhou has a population of several million, and relying solely on Xiao Ping's few acres of land is certainly not enough to meet the city's vegetable needs. What Xiao Ping means by "saturation" refers to the high-end market being saturated, and if he wants to sell more vegetables in Suzhou, he would have to lower his prices, which goes against the high-end route he had previously taken, and he will not do that.

  Sun Lin nodded and said: "You're absolutely right, I have a few fellow disciples in the provincial city who can vouch for me in the kitchen. Let me help you get in touch with them, just go find them."

  "Great!" Xiao Ping exclaimed: "Thank you, Chef Sun."

  "Don't be polite, it's just a small effort."

  Sun Lin was also a hot temper, and in front of Xiao Ping, he called his fellow apprentices. The news that Su City's hotel had launched jade vegetables had already spread to nearby cities. Sun Lin's fellow apprentices knew that someone wanted to sell jade vegetables at their doorstep, and they all expressed great interest, hoping that Xiao Ping could bring some vegetables for them to see.

  Xiao Ping would not let go of this opportunity to enter the provincial city market, so the next day he found Zhou Jun and rented a small truck, loaded it with all kinds of vegetables and rushed to the provincial city.

  The first stop in the provincial city was Gongdelin Sucai Restaurant, where one of Sun Lin's senior fellow apprentices worked as the head chef. This middle-aged man with a gentle face tasted the dishes brought by Xiao Ping and immediately exclaimed: "If all vegetables could be so delicious, who would still eat meat?"

  Although even Xiao Ping felt that this statement was a bit exaggerated, it did not hinder his sales of vegetables. Only the Gongdelin vegetarian restaurant ordered over a thousand catties of various vegetables, which can be considered as giving Xiao Ping's promotional activities in the provincial capital a good start.

  The situation of the next few houses was similar. On the one hand, Xiao Ping was introduced by Sun Lin, and his fellow disciples had to give him some face; more importantly, the appearance and taste of the jadeite vegetables were really too good, these chefs knew at a glance that they would definitely be very popular, and naturally they all rushed to buy them.

  Xiao Ping just visited a few hotels introduced by Sun Lin, and the vegetables left in the ground were already sold out more than half. As for the remaining thousand or so catties of vegetables, there was no need to worry at all. The provincial capital is much larger than Su City, and these vegetables can be quickly sold out.

  The fact is just as Xiao Ping thought, he ran to several high-end hotels again, and as long as the other party had tasted the flavor of the dish, they would propose to buy without hesitation. Soon there were not many stocks left in the farm, Xiao Ping simply called the farm and Zhou Jun, asking Wang Dapao to collect all the dishes and then hand them over to Zhou Jun to transport to the provincial city.

  Xiao Ping arrived in the provincial city for only two days, and all the remaining vegetables found buyers. In addition to selling out all the vegetables from his land, Xiao Ping's biggest gain on this trip was that he initially cultivated a group of customers in the provincial city. Many hotels and Xiao Ping have established long-term supply intentions, and in the future, as long as Xiao Ping makes a phone call, they will send their own vehicles to the farm to load vegetables.

  Wang Dapao and Zhou Jun were both highly efficient people, and the next day all the dishes were delivered to the provincial city and handed over to customers. After completing these tasks, Xiao Ping asked Zhou Jun to bring back the seeds of the vegetables to the farm when he returned to Suzhou, so that Wang Dapao could plant another batch of vegetables. He himself stayed behind, planning to go to the Lafayette restaurant to find Pierre and ask about the truffles he had ordered. The oak tree in the Alchemy Cauldron space had grown very large and was now ready for truffle cultivation.